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Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Until Sun 12 Feb 2023
Open daily, 10am-5pm
Admission free
What's on
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Course or workshop SOLD OUTDrawing Room | Modern Portrait
Scottish National Portrait GalleryWed 8 Feb 2023
5:30 - 6:45pm
Free
Booking essential
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Course or workshop SOLD OUTPlay with Portraits
Scottish National Portrait GalleryMon 13 - Fri 17 Feb 2023
2–4pmFree
Booking essential
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Course or workshop SOLD OUTGallery Social (dementia-friendly) | Animals and portraits
Scottish National Portrait GalleryFri 24 Feb 2023
10:30am - 12 noon
Free
Booking essential
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Music concert SOLD OUTSpecial event | Andrew Wasylyk
Scottish National Portrait GalleryThu 9 Mar 2023
6:30 - 7:30pm
£10
Booking essential
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Course or workshopVisually Impaired Programme Live (in gallery) | Explorations in oil paint
Scottish National Portrait GalleryWed 15 Mar 2023
10:15am - 3:30pm
Free
Booking essential
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Special eventEarly Openings | Sensory-friendly mornings at the Portrait Gallery
Scottish National Portrait GallerySun 26 Mar 2023
9 - 10am
Free
Booking essential
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Course or workshopGallery Social (dementia-friendly) | Portraits and Cinema
Scottish National Portrait GalleryFri 28 Apr 2023
10:30am - 12 noon
Free
Booking essential
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Course or workshopGallery Social (dementia-friendly) | From Jesters to Jewellers - James's People
Scottish National Portrait GalleryFri 26 May 2023
10:30am - 12 noon
Free
Booking essential
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Exhibition Coming SoonTaylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2022
Scottish National Portrait GallerySat 17 Jun 2023 - Sun 10 Sep 2023
Open daily, 10am-5pm
Admission free
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Course or workshopVisually Impaired Programme Live (in gallery) | Prizewinning Portraits
Scottish National Portrait GalleryWed 19 Jul 2023
10:15am - 12 noon
Free
Booking essential
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TourBritish Sign Language (BSL) tour | Prizewinning Portraits
Scottish National Portrait GallerySat 22 Jul 2023
11am - 12 noon
Free
Booking essential
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Course or workshopGallery Social (dementia-friendly) | The caricatures of Emilio Coia
Scottish National Portrait GalleryFri 25 Aug 2023
10:30am - 12 noon
Free
Booking essential
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Course or workshopGallery Social (dementia-friendly) | Prizewinning Portraits
Scottish National Portrait GalleryFri 22 Sep 2023
10:30am - 12 noon
Free
Booking essential
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TourBritish Sign Language (BSL) tour | Making Space: Photographs of Architecture
Scottish National Portrait GallerySat 28 Oct 2023
11am - 12 noon
Free
Booking essential
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DisplayHeroes and Heroines | Idealism and Achievement in the Victorian Age
Scottish National Portrait GalleryOpen daily, 10am-5pm
Admission free
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DisplayImagining Power | The Visual Culture of the Jacobite Cause
Scottish National Portrait GalleryOpen daily, 10am-5pm
Admission free
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DisplayThe King’s Last Day | The Execution of Charles I
Scottish National Portrait GalleryOpen daily, 10am-5pm
Admission free
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DisplayThe Modern Portrait
Scottish National Portrait GalleryOpen daily, 10am-5pm
Admission free
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DisplayThe Remaking of Scotland | Nation, Migration, Globalisation 1760-1860
Scottish National Portrait GalleryOpen daily, 10am-5pm
Admission free
Friends go free
Friends of the Galleries get free unlimited entry to all exhibitions, and enjoy a wide range of exclusive benefits including early exhibition access, special events and 10% discount in our cafes.
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